Pamela Andrews is a fifteen-year-old maidservant at an estate in Bedfordshire. When Lady B, her employer, dies, her son Mr. B takes an interest in the innocent young girl, quickly turning from generosity to outright attempts at seducing her. As Pamela rejects his advances, she considers returning home to live in poverty with her parents. When he catches wind of her plan, however, Mr. B accuses Pamela of having an affair, notifying her parents and...

Release the power of dual-language learning with 1000 Motivational Statements: Learn Spanish While Transforming Your Life. This unique book offers an innovative approach to mastering Spanish while simultaneously fueling your journey toward self-improvement. Inside, youll find 1000 carefully curated motivational statements, each presented in Spanish, then in English, followed by its Spanish translation. By reading and repeating these statements,...

Unlock French fluency with 1000 Common Phrases: Learn French Through Simple Sentences. Designed for beginners and intermediate learners, this guide introduces you to the 1000 most common French phrases through straightforward, easy-to-understand sentences. By mastering these essential phrases and understanding their context in daily dialogue, you'll significantly improve your comprehension and communication skills. Each sentence is translated into...

"The Elements of Style is the ultimate guide to writing in American English, written by Cornell University Professor William Strunk, Jr. This edition presents the original 1918 edition, still used by college students as a guide to succinct and clear writing. Stunk's rules on active voice, sentence structure, using commas and semi colons and more allow readers to avoid common pitfalls and keep their writing concise and impactful. These rules are accompanied...

In the sequel to The Last of the Mohicans, Natty Bumppo tries to help a small outpost on Lake Ontario.

1000 Common Conjugations: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences Unlock the door to Spanish fluency with 1000 Common Conjugations: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences. This practical guide is designed for intermediate learners, introducing you to the most common verb conjugations in Spanish, through straightforward and easy-to-understand sentences. By mastering these essential conjugations and understanding their context in daily dialogue, you...

1000 Common Future Tense Verbs: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences Unlock the door to Spanish fluency with 1000 Common Future Tense Verbs: Learn Spanish Through Simple Sentences. This practical guide is designed for intermediate learners, introducing you to the 1000 most common verbs in Spanish in their future tense form, through straightforward and easy-to-understand sentences. By mastering these essential verbs and understanding their...

Before there were workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says author and teacher Prose. Prose invites you on a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. She reads the very best writers and discovers why their work has endured. She takes pleasure in the magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; she is moved...

A classic work of ancient Greek literature from Plato, one of the most famous of all ancient Greek philosophers, the "Phaedo" is the moving story of the last moments of Socrates life as recounted by Phaedo, a student of Socrates and a first-hand witness to his final hours. "Phaedo" is the fourth and last dialogue by Plato of Socrates final days, following "Euthyphro", "Apology", and "Crito". In "Phaedo" we see the famous philosopher in his last hours...

Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English gentleman, John Scott Eccles, who wishes to discuss something "grotesque". No sooner has he arrived at 221B Baker Street than Inspector Gregson also shows up, along with Inspector Baynes of the Surrey Constabulary. They wish a statement from Eccles about the murder near Esher last night. A note in the dead man's pocket indicates that Eccles said that he would be at the victim's house that night. Eccles...